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A Sip of Water in the Silk Dunes: How Hadi Pourjahan Brings Ancient Traditions into Dialogue with Contemporary ArtHandmade Iranian carpets have long been synonymous with history frozen in time. Their patterns seem to leave little room for experimentation, while the artisans themselves appear to do little more than repeat conventions established hundreds of years ago. Designer and artist Hadi Pourjahan, however, is challenging these stereotypes. His monumental new work, The Desert Carpet, created at the Parseh Qom workshop, is more than an interior furnishing. It is a manifesto: a statement about the fragility of nature, the power of cultural memory and why silk thread still speaks to us in a language we understand.Alfiya Kalmaganbetova#Traditions#Heritage & Identity